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Post by BSU Card Fan in AZ on May 22, 2016 9:14:07 GMT -6
For those interested in schedules, check out the U of A schedule. Saw this in the AZ Star today. If We were a premier national program and this was our home schedule, how would we react?
The UA's 2016-17 nonconference basketball home schedule is now complete. Here are the nine opponents in order of appearance: College of Idaho, Chico State, Cal State Bakersfield, Bucknell/ Northern Colorado and/ or Sacred Heart/Norfolk State, Texas Southern, UC Irvine, Grand Canyon and New Mexico.
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Post by cardfan on May 22, 2016 9:16:55 GMT -6
That is soft, especially for UA's level.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2016 9:19:09 GMT -6
Yeah it's soft but they don't need a quality out of conference schedule to boost their year-end RPI and tournament possibilities. It's a completely different scenario. Besides it's Sean Miller, what do you expect ?
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Post by BSU Card Fan in AZ on May 22, 2016 9:26:00 GMT -6
Yes, but based on discussions here, you need a decent pre season competition to prepare you for conference play, and in their case a high seeding in the tourney. Not sure what road games they will play. That may balance the schedule. All I know is the paper was critical of this list. I'm sure Miller knows what he's doing to adequately prepare his team. I think he's one of the best.
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Post by cardfan on May 22, 2016 9:26:42 GMT -6
True, UA will be ranked high regardless and their conf schedule is if course much tougher than ours.
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Post by 00hmh on May 22, 2016 9:59:43 GMT -6
Yes, but based on discussions here, you need a decent pre season competition to prepare you for conference play, and in their case a high seeding in the tourney. Not sure what road games they will play. That may balance the schedule. All I know is the paper was critical of this list. I'm sure Miller knows what he's doing to adequately prepare his team. I think he's one of the best. I don't get it. A tougher schedule shown hereThat story shows that on April 6 Arizona's 2016-17 nonconference schedule had two openings still to be determined, and UA had lined up: Nov. 11 Michigan State at Honolulu TBA Las Vegas Invitational game at McKale Center* TBA Las Vegas Invitational game at McKale Center* Nov. 24 Santa Clara, at Las Vegas Invitational Nov. 25 Vanderbilt/Butler, at Las Vegas Invitational No. 30 Texas Southern Dec. 3 Gonzaga, at Los Angeles Dec. 6 UC Irvine Dec. 10 at Missouri Dec. 14 Grand Canyon Dec. 20 New Mexico So, I am not sure what your source is but this is more credible at first glance since normally there would be 12-14 preseason games and high majors do include a mix of teams but play other high majors for the gate and TV exposure. So, check that source out. |
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Post by 00hmh on May 22, 2016 10:02:27 GMT -6
Yeah it's soft but they don't need a quality out of conference schedule to boost their year-end RPI and tournament possibilities. It's a completely different scenario. Besides it's Sean Miller, what do you expect ? It is a different world, but the high majors want national exposure and TV revenue, and their NCAA seed is a factor of SOS more than at our level. For us it is in or out, and SOS may not mean much except maybe for the NIT bid in a marginal case. |
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Post by BSU Card Fan in AZ on May 22, 2016 10:51:58 GMT -6
Yes, but based on discussions here, you need a decent pre season competition to prepare you for conference play, and in their case a high seeding in the tourney. Not sure what road games they will play. That may balance the schedule. All I know is the paper was critical of this list. I'm sure Miller knows what he's doing to adequately prepare his team. I think he's one of the best. I don't get it. A tougher schedule shown hereThat story shows that on April 6 Arizona's 2016-17 nonconference schedule had two openings still to be determined, and UA had lined up: Nov. 11 Michigan State at Honolulu TBA Las Vegas Invitational game at McKale Center* TBA Las Vegas Invitational game at McKale Center* Nov. 24 Santa Clara, at Las Vegas Invitational Nov. 25 Vanderbilt/Butler, at Las Vegas Invitational No. 30 Texas Southern Dec. 3 Gonzaga, at Los Angeles Dec. 6 UC Irvine Dec. 10 at Missouri Dec. 14 Grand Canyon Dec. 20 New Mexico So, I am not sure what your source is but this is more credible at first glance since normally there would be 12-14 preseason games and high majors do include a mix of teams but play other high majors for the gate and TV exposure. So, check that source out. This was in the Arizona Star sports page today. Looks like the non home games will certainly balance the schedule. The quote was copied from the sports page. |
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Post by 00hmh on May 22, 2016 11:00:04 GMT -6
Got it. Home schedule is a little weak, but should not disappoint fans too much, they have the big games coming in conference.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2016 15:20:45 GMT -6
Yes, but based on discussions here, you need a decent pre season competition to prepare you for conference play, and in their case a high seeding in the tourney. Not sure what road games they will play. That may balance the schedule. All I know is the paper was critical of this list. I'm sure Miller knows what he's doing to adequately prepare his team. I think he's one of the best. I don't get it. A tougher schedule shown hereThat story shows that on April 6 Arizona's 2016-17 nonconference schedule had two openings still to be determined, and UA had lined up: Nov. 11 Michigan State at Honolulu TBA Las Vegas Invitational game at McKale Center* TBA Las Vegas Invitational game at McKale Center* Nov. 24 Santa Clara, at Las Vegas Invitational Nov. 25 Vanderbilt/Butler, at Las Vegas Invitational No. 30 Texas Southern Dec. 3 Gonzaga, at Los Angeles Dec. 6 UC Irvine Dec. 10 at Missouri Dec. 14 Grand Canyon Dec. 20 New Mexico So, I am not sure what your source is but this is more credible at first glance since normally there would be 12-14 preseason games and high majors do include a mix of teams but play other high majors for the gate and TV exposure. So, check that source out.  GOD!! I Hate McKale! Give me McIceberg! |
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